Pressure must be exerted on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prevent Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in international competitions.
President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset says that Switzerland’s neutrality is more important than ever which does not allow the country to send weapons to Ukraine.
For several weeks, Russian troops have been firing artillery mostly in Lyman–Kupyansk axis. More than 400 artillery strikes have been recorded there today.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to Oleksandr Matsievskyi, a Ukrainian serviceman who had been executed by the Russian military after saying ‘Glory to Ukraine’.
A total of 39 military clashes have occurred in the Bakhmut direction over the past day. As a result, 239 Russian invaders were eliminated and 293 injured.
On day two of Rome European Open 2023, the Ukrainian judoka, Marat Kryzhanskyi, won a gold medal, having placed first in the -90kg category, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated Petr Pavel on taking office as president of the Czech Republic and informed him about the situation on the front lines and the security needs of Ukraine.
Eight in ten people in the UK who took in Ukrainians fleeing the war said they had a positive experience of hosting the refugees, while most of the public think the UK should continue to take in people from war zones.